Evidence for mitochondrial DNA recombination in a human population of island Melanesia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1418, 1999, Pages 485-492

  Hagelberg, E ^a,e   Goldman, N ^a   Lio P ^a   Whelan, S ^a   Schiefenhovel W ^b   Clegg, J B ^c   Bowden, D K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Melanesia; Mitochondrial DNA; Polynesia; Population genetics; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANESIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYNESIA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033531461     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0663     Document Type: Article

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